Re: mailserver absolute noob question

2005-11-03 Thread Jan T. Kim
On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 06:44:34AM +, s. keeling wrote: > Cameron Matheson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > [snip] > > /etc/aliases. It's unsafe to let root receive mail, so generally > > Uh, what? Why's it unsafe to let root receive email? > > I agree it's _better_ for root's mail to be aliased

Re: mailserver absolute noob question

2005-11-03 Thread Peter Teunissen
On 2-nov-2005, at 21:37, Thomas wrote: Mitch Wiedemann wrote: Thomas wrote: Hi there. I would like to setup a mailserver on my debian machine that can receive email from any host and that can be accessed by imap or pop3 (imap would be nice). I have seen some howtos on the net but they see

Re: mailserver absolute noob question

2005-11-02 Thread s. keeling
Cameron Matheson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [snip] > /etc/aliases. It's unsafe to let root receive mail, so generally Uh, what? Why's it unsafe to let root receive email? I agree it's _better_ for root's mail to be aliased to a real user, but safer too? Why? -- Any technology distinguisha

Re: mailserver absolute noob question

2005-11-02 Thread Cameron Matheson
Hi, On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 09:37:10PM +0100, Thomas wrote: > Here my /etc/postfix/main.cf: > > smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Debian/GNU) > biff = no > > # appending .domain is the MUA's job. > append_dot_mydomain = no > > # Uncomment the next line to generate "delayed mail" warn

Re: mailserver absolute noob question

2005-11-02 Thread mikepolniak
On 23:49 Wed 02 Nov , Thomas wrote: >snip<< > >Is there a logfile or something that can tell me who is actually > >denying what? > > > >Thanks, > >Thomas > > > > > Aha, i found out: > > mail.log > Nov 2 23:26:50 localhost postfix/smtpd[14343]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT > from nova[10.

Re: mailserver absolute noob question (SOLVED)

2005-11-02 Thread Thomas
Thomas wrote: Marco van Putten wrote: Thomas schreef: Thomas wrote: Marco van Putten wrote: Thomas schreef: Mitch Wiedemann wrote: Thomas wrote: Hi there. I would like to setup a mailserver on my debian machine that can receive email from any host and that can be accessed b

Re: mailserver absolute noob question (SOLVED)

2005-11-02 Thread Thomas
Marco van Putten wrote: Thomas schreef: Thomas wrote: Marco van Putten wrote: Thomas schreef: Mitch Wiedemann wrote: Thomas wrote: Hi there. I would like to setup a mailserver on my debian machine that can receive email from any host and that can be accessed by imap or pop3

Re: mailserver absolute noob question

2005-11-02 Thread Marco van Putten
Thomas schreef: Thomas wrote: Marco van Putten wrote: Thomas schreef: Mitch Wiedemann wrote: Thomas wrote: Hi there. I would like to setup a mailserver on my debian machine that can receive email from any host and that can be accessed by imap or pop3 (imap would be nice). I have

Re: mailserver absolute noob question

2005-11-02 Thread Thomas
Thomas wrote: Marco van Putten wrote: Thomas schreef: Mitch Wiedemann wrote: Thomas wrote: Hi there. I would like to setup a mailserver on my debian machine that can receive email from any host and that can be accessed by imap or pop3 (imap would be nice). I have seen some howtos o

Re: mailserver absolute noob question

2005-11-02 Thread Thomas
Marco van Putten wrote: Thomas schreef: Mitch Wiedemann wrote: Thomas wrote: Hi there. I would like to setup a mailserver on my debian machine that can receive email from any host and that can be accessed by imap or pop3 (imap would be nice). I have seen some howtos on the net but th

Re: mailserver absolute noob question

2005-11-02 Thread Mitch Wiedemann
Thomas wrote: > Mitch Wiedemann wrote: > >> Thomas wrote: >> >> >> >>> Hi there. >>> >>> I would like to setup a mailserver on my debian machine that can >>> receive email from any host and that can be accessed by imap or pop3 >>> (imap would be nice). I have seen some howtos on the net but they

Re: mailserver absolute noob question

2005-11-02 Thread Mitch Wiedemann
Thomas wrote: > Mitch Wiedemann wrote: > >> Thomas wrote: >> >> >> >>> Hi there. >>> >>> I would like to setup a mailserver on my debian machine that can >>> receive email from any host and that can be accessed by imap or pop3 >>> (imap would be nice). I have seen some howtos on the net but they

Re: mailserver absolute noob question

2005-11-02 Thread Thomas
Mitch Wiedemann wrote: Thomas wrote: Hi there. I would like to setup a mailserver on my debian machine that can receive email from any host and that can be accessed by imap or pop3 (imap would be nice). I have seen some howtos on the net but they seemed way too complicated. The howtos i sa

Re: mailserver absolute noob question

2005-11-01 Thread Thomas
Mitch Wiedemann wrote: Thomas wrote: Hi there. I would like to setup a mailserver on my debian machine that can receive email from any host and that can be accessed by imap or pop3 (imap would be nice). I have seen some howtos on the net but they seemed way too complicated. The howtos i sa

Re: mailserver absolute noob question

2005-11-01 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 12:31:30PM -0600, Miguel Enrique Cobá Martínez wrote: > Thomas wrote: > > Hi there. > > > > I would like to setup a mailserver on my debian machine that can receive > > email from any host and that can be accessed by imap or pop3 (imap would > > be nice). I have seen some h

Re: mailserver absolute noob question

2005-11-01 Thread Miguel Enrique Cobá Martínez
Thomas wrote: > Hi there. > > I would like to setup a mailserver on my debian machine that can receive > email from any host and that can be accessed by imap or pop3 (imap would > be nice). I have seen some howtos on the net but they seemed way too > complicated. The howtos i saw included spamfilt

Re: mailserver absolute noob question

2005-11-01 Thread Mitch Wiedemann
Thomas wrote: > Hi there. > > I would like to setup a mailserver on my debian machine that can > receive email from any host and that can be accessed by imap or pop3 > (imap would be nice). I have seen some howtos on the net but they > seemed way too complicated. The howtos i saw included spamfilt